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Hagley Museum and Library
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| New-York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations, lithograph, circa 1853
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| Creator: |
E. C. Kellogg & Co. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.002 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
E. C. Kellogg and Co. was a lithography firm in Hartford, Connecticut between 1851 and 1854. The item is a hand-colored lightograph
of the New York Crystal Palace for the exhibition of the industry of all nations.
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| Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School color prints, 1963-1966
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| Creator: |
Wooten, Nancy |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.004 |
| Extent: |
11 items |
| Abstract: |
The Brandywine Manufacturers Sunday School (BMSS) was organized in 1817 as a non-sectarian school for the children of the
local factory workers, with instruction in reading, writing, arithmetic, and religion. This collection contains eleven Kodachrome
prints of exterior views of the school building taken by Nancy Wootten (of Wilmington), between 1963 and 1966.
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| 150th Anniversary time capsule being buried at Eleutherian Mills photograph, circa 1952
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.005A |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company a chemical company, was founded in 1802. The DuPont Company celebrated its 150th anniversary
on July 18, 1952, on the site of the original Eleutherian Mills. This item is a black and white photograph of the 150th Anniversary
time capsule being buried at Eleutherian Mills.
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| President Coolidge with group in front of White House photograph, undated
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.005B |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Photograph of President Calvin Coolidge (1872-1933), Governor John G. Townsend, Jr. (1871-1964) of Delaware, Senator Lewis
Heisler Ball (1861-1932) of Delaware and a group of unidentified women standing infront of the White House.
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| All American Engineering Company photographs, 1943-1961
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| Creator: |
All American Engineering Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.006 |
| Extent: |
58 items |
| Abstract: |
All American Engineering Company researches, engineers and develops airplanes and aviation equipment. The collection includes
photographs of air pick-up testing, airplanes, equipment, and personnel.
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| Harrington-Schiff collection of Aetna Powder Company and DuPont Company material, approximately 1889-1920
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| Creator: |
Harrington, Edward M., 1866-1933 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.007 |
| Extent: |
1 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Edward M. Harrington (1866-1933) worked for the Aetna Powder Company, first in their electric blasting cap plant in Newport,
RI, and then as superintendent of the dynamite works at Aetna, Indiana. Later Harrington worked for the DuPont Company at
various plants. Images in this collections are of dynamite and other explosive plants, including Aetna Powder Company plants
in Newport, RI (electric blasting caps) and Aetna, IN, and DuPont Company plants in Repauno, NJ, Hopewell, VA, and many other
locations. Pictures show buildings, office and plant interiors (many with workers), employee groups, housing, and recreation.
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| John W. Macklem collection of DuPont Company powder yards photographs, 1889-1936
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| Creator: |
Macklem, J.W. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.010 |
| Extent: |
0.25 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
John W. Macklem (1867-1948) began working for E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company as an errand boy at a young age and remained
with the company his entire career. E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the
DuPont company. This collection comprises photographs of buildings and scenes in DuPont Company explosives manufacturing plants
along the Brandywine Creek near Wilmington, Delaware, including the Eleutherian Mills (or Upper) yard, the Upper Hagley yard,
and the Lower Hagley yard.
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| Eleutherian Mills property development posters, undated
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| Creator: |
Eleutherian Mills-Hagley Foundation. Director's Office. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.011 |
| Extent: |
7 items |
| Abstract: |
Eleutherian Mills was a gunpowder mill site used for the manufacture of explosives by the du Pont family business from 1802
to 1921. Eleutherian Mills is now the site of the Hagley Museum and Library. This collection contains six prints of posters
which illustrate the development of the property at Eleutherian Mills as a production site.
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| Frank R. Zebley photograph albums, 1918-1944
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| Creator: |
Zebley, Frank R., 1883-1960 |
| Repository: |
Audiovisual Collections |
| Accession Number: |
1968.012 |
| Extent: |
8 volume(s) |
| Abstract: |
Frank R. Zebley (1883-1960) was a Delaware native collector, photographer, author, and one-time speaker of the Delaware House
of Representatives. He published Along the Brandywine and The Churches of Delaware. The Frank R. Zebley photograph albums
includes nearly 1500 black and white photographs from the city of Wilmington, locations around Delaware, southeastern Pennsylvania,
and other places of interest in the mid-Atlantic region.
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| Eleutherian Mills and Longwood Gardens aerial views, circa 1930s
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| Creator: |
Dallin, J. Victor, Col. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.017 |
| Extent: |
13 items |
| Abstract: |
Glass negatives of aerial views of Eleutherian Mills and Longwood Gardens taken by Dallin Aerial Surveys Company. |
| Meta Coleman collection of du Pont family portraits, circa 1860-circa 1900
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| Creator: |
Coleman, Margaretta du Pont, 1862-1938 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.021 |
| Extent: |
37 items |
| Abstract: |
Margaretta “Meta” du Pont Coleman (1862-1938) was a descendant of Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817) who founded
the E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company with his son Eleuthère Irénée du Pont (1771-1834) in 1802. The E.I. du Pont de Nemours
& Company is a chemical company more commonly referred to as the DuPont company. She collected family portraits while compiling
a family genealogy. This collection includes daguerrotypes, tintypes, ambrotypes and other early portrait photographs of various
family members.
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| Houses in Wilmington, Delaware, circa 1910
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| Creator: |
Thayer, Horace B. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.023 |
| Extent: |
1 folder |
| Abstract: |
This collection contains photographs of fifteen homes in Wilmington, Delaware around 1910. The images are of exterior views
only.
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| DuPont Company's Public Relations photographs, undated
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company. Public Relations Dept. |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.025 |
| Extent: |
39 items |
| Abstract: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company is a chemical company. Founded in 1802, the company began with the production of gunpowder.
This collection contains 27 photographs of various du Pont family members, family gravestones, DuPont employees (groups),
cartoons related to the DuPont company, and exterior views of acquired company buildings.
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| DuPont Company President Crawford Greenewalt's office transparencies, circa 1948-1962
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| Creator: |
E.I. du Pont de Nemours and Company |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.026 |
| Extent: |
5 items |
| Abstract: |
Crawford Hallock Greenewalt (1902-1993) was a chemist and President of the DuPont Company from 1948 to 1962. This collection
consists of five color transparencies of the DuPont Company President's office interiors (previously identified as Pierre
S. du Pont's office, but now believed to be Crawford Greenewalt's office).
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| United Mine Workers of America membership certificate transparency, undated
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| Creator: |
Hagley Museum |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1968.028 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
United Mine Workers of America is a labor union that represents coal miners. It was founded in 1890 and continues to be active.
This color transparency of the United Mine Workers of America membership certificate that has various images along the boarders
that depict coal miners' handshakes and rites of passage.
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| P.S. du Pont photographs (Longwood), 1700s-1991, bulk 1860-1954
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| Creator: |
Du Pont, Pierre S., (Pierre Samuel), 1870-1954 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.002 |
| Extent: |
60 linear feet |
| Abstract: |
Pierre Samuel "P.S." du Pont (1870-1954) was an industrialist, entrepreneur, and philanthropist. He was president of E.I.
du Pont de Nemours & Co. from 1915 to 1919 and chairman of the board from 1919 to 1940. P.S. du Pont was the great grandson
of Eleuthere Irenee du Pont (1771-1834), founder of E.I. du Pont de Nemours & Company, and the great-great-grandson and namesake
of the French economist, Pierre Samuel du Pont de Nemours (1739-1817). du Pont's personal life is well documented by the photographic
collection he left, and it followed certain themes. The greatest of these may be horticultural interests which developed during
his creation of the celebrated Longwood Gardens in Kennett Square, Pennsylvania, where he lived. du Pont made many foreign
and domestic journeys and recorded his travels. His large extended family is included in this collection. This collection
is organized into seven series: Longwood Gardens; Individuals and families; Groups and organizations; E.I. du Pont de Nemours
& Company; Trips and vacations; Places; and Culture, society, and service.
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| Views of Brandywine area engravings, undated
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| Creator: |
Steel, James W., 1799-1879 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.003 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
The Brandywine Valley is a rural region of Southeast Pennsylvania and Northern Delaware celebrated for its historical ties
to Revolutionary-era America. This collection contains two b&w engraved prints of depictions of the Brandywine area.
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| Eugene Blery's engravings of Nemours, 1851, 1870
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| Creator: |
Blery, Eugene, 1805-1887 |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.004 |
| Extent: |
2 images |
| Abstract: |
Eugene Blery (1805-1887) was a French artist, engraver and lithographer. This collection contains two etchings of pastoral
views of Nemours in Normany, France. One depicts the French ancestral home of the du Pont family.
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| Henry Francis du Pont and Mrs. E.I. du Pont photograph, 1967
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.005 |
| Extent: |
1 item |
| Abstract: |
Henry Francis du Pont was the great-grandson of E.I. du Pont, the founder of the DuPont Company. He was a director of E.I.
du Pont de Nemours & Company, a member of its executive committee, a director of the Wilmington Trust Company, a director
of General Motors, and a member of its finance committee. This collection contains one photograph of Henry Francis du Pont
and Mrs. E.I. du Pont at the 1967 Delaware Antiques Show.
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| 1836 Pennsylvania Railroad passenger car photograph, circa 1893
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| Creator: |
unknown |
| Repository: |
Hagley Museum and Library: Audiovisual Collections and Digital Initiatives Department |
| Accession Number: |
1969.006 |
| Extent: |
2 items |
| Abstract: |
Founded in 1846, Pennsylvania Railroad Company (PRR) was a leading industrial and transportation force throughout the nineteenth
and twentieth centuries. This collection features a cyanotype and a photographic copy print of an image depicting the first
passenger car created for PRR, most likely taken in 1893 in relation to Chicago World's Columbian Exposition.
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